Coin-separator



(No Model.)

v yI M. QU1NN.

" GOIN SBPARATOR.

Patented Sept. 12', 1882.

INITnD STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. QUINN, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

COIN-SEPARATOR.r

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,425, dated September 12, 1882,

Application filed April 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom fit may concern:

Beit known that l, JAMES M. QUINN, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Sedalia, in the county of Bettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Coin-Separatoryand I do hereby declare that the following is a t'nll, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the annexed drawings, forming a part of this my specitication otl said invention, in which- Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved coin-separator with a front portion removed in order to expose to view the inclined track upon which the coins travel from the hopper at the head ot' thelmachine until finally discharged into the several apartments of the drawer adapted to receive the diii'erent denominations ot' coin. Fig. 2 is a cross-section inthe line .fr x ot' Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a view, partly in section. and partly in perspective, looking from the rear end of the machine along up the inclined coin-track and inside ot said track.

, 'Ihe nature of my invention will fully appcarfrom the snbjoined description, when considered with reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitication; and the object ot' the same is to provide a coinseparator which, while coins of various denominations may be simultaneously passed into the separator through a hopper common v to all, will cause the variant coins to be separately deposited in apartments adapted to only receive coins of the same denomination, thereby affording facility in making change as well as saving the time required to assort the coins in case the saine in such condition are to be stowed away in a place of more or less permanent deposit.

In Fig. 1, A indicates the top portion ot' the coin-separator, B its rear wall, and B' B its end walls.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, B2 indicates a front wall, which, as clearly signified in Fig. 2, extends from the drawer or money-compartment portions of the. separator up to its top portion, A, this front portion or wall being removed in Fig. lsin order to expose to vicw the inclined coin-track of the separator.

C indicates the bottom or money-drawer of the separator applied to the parts AB B', and

divided by plates a into compartments, as at a b c d ef, to receive the different coins dropped into the hopper H. The bottom portions, n, of these several compartments are made concave or of dishing form, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the coin will concentrate thereon, such t'orm permitting a person to readily withdraw a single coin byone-tinger without the necessity of clasping a single coin with both thumb and finger in order to ei'ect its removal.

The hopper H at the head of the separator is of' oblong forni, as shown, and cominnni cartes with a coin-track, I), upon which the coin placed in the hopperis discharged. Said hopper is constructed with vertical ends h and slanting sides h h2, and together form a longitudinal contracted dischargepassage, e. through which the coins pass from the hopper to the coin-track.

The coin-track D is composed ot a broad l'ront portion, ol', and a rearnarrow portion, d2, the two portions being set at an angle or in such relation to each other as to form at their bottom a gutter, as at d3, the whole length ot' the coin-track. The broad portion d is made to extend up in front of the side h2 ot' the hopper, as shown, while the narrower portion d2 of said track rests against and is secured to the interior surface of the wall B, and in this position the track is secured on an inclination downwardly from the hopper and toward the rear end of the machine in any proper manner. It will thus be seen that when a piece ot' money is vdropped upon the side h ot' the hopper the coin, in passing out of the hopper, will have its edge strike against the inclined broad side d ofthe coin-track, and thus the coin will be deflected downward toward the gutter cl3 with one of its sides leaning against the inclined broad side portion, rl', ot' the cointrack; and that if a coin be dropped upon the side h2 ofthe hopper Hit will slide down upon one of its sides along the inclined part d to the gutter d3 ot' the coin-track without any material variation in vthe direction of its descent; and in either case that when the coin reaches the gutter d3 it will incline on one ot' its sides against the inner surface of the part d and on an inclination toward the bottom portion or drawer, C, of the separator. The gutter d3 between the walls or parts d' cl2 of the IOO e eeaaea coin-track, it will be seen, is ay narrow plane drawer G. Partitions or check-plates t, at-

inclined surface, and does not form an acute angle between the parts d d?, as would be the case it' the two parts were joined together at their lower edge, like the letter V. By thus forming the gutter coins ot' a diit'erent size and varying gravity, when simultaneously dropped into the hopper, have a better chance to pass each other in their descent upon the track, and are less liable to become wedged between the walls d diz than would be the case were said 'alls joined together so as to form an acute angle at their base. In point ot' fact, by my construction ot the coin-track D coins ot various denominations may sil'nultaneously travel down said track at variant speed, according to their gravity, without interfering iih or wedging against cach other.

As shown in the drawings,f'j'2j3f4j'5 are oblong openings cut through the wall d.' of the coin-track. These openings are made ot a length consideiahly greater than the diameter ot' the piece ot' money intended to pass through them, but ot' a width less than that of the coin intended to pass through them, and are made a distance above the glitter d3 sutiicient to form a ledge, m, over which the coin will tip out ot' the track I), the height of the ledge m and width of the openings fj`2j`3f4f5 being such, for example, as to permit a silver iivecent piece to tip through the openingf, while a ten-cent piece would have a hearing against the wall d ofthe coin-t ack above the opening j" when passing said opening in its descent down the track, and so on for all the openings with reference to the various sizes ot' coins. In other words, a twenty-iivc-cent piece, in rolling down the track, would tip out through the aperture f4, for example, but would lean or strike against the wall d. while passing the respective apertures j", f2, and fi.

When the front wall, B2, of the. separatoris in place, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, its inner surface will abut against the chute-plates y, which conduct thedilfcrent pieces oi' money to thei appropriate compartments-either a, b, c, (1,01 e, as the c; se may be. These plates q are attached to the portion d', as shown in Fig. 1, with a part ot' their rear edges abutting against the wail B, while their front edges abut against the wall B2 when the wall B2 is in position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and thus said plates serve to conduct the dit't'erent pieces ot' coin to their proper places ot' deposit beneath the lower ends ot` said chutes in the tached to the chutes and projecting outwardly from the lower end ot' the apertures ffzff* f5, serve to prevent the several pieces ot' coin i'rom jumpingoft'thc chutes and into the wrong compartment in the drawer G during their descent. As shown in the drawings, a silver iivecent piece will tip out from the coin-track I) through the opening j, a teircent piece through the opening j, a nickel tive-cent piece through f, a twenty-tivecent piece throng-hf", a tittycent piece through opening f5, while asilver dollar (indicated at r) will be discharged directly into the compartment fot' the drawer or bottom C ot' the separator.

The drawer or bottom C may be iixedly attached to the parts A B B', or, it may be made movable so as to he withdrawn from the parts A B B; and, it'desired, all ot'its conipartmcnts may be housed in by a hinged lid or cover and supplied with a lock made to engage with the. front portion, p, of the drawer.

I would here state that by making a given apertu1'eas, for example, f-ot` less width than the diameter of the coin which is to'eseape through it allows a coin ot' next greater diameter to with certainty strike or leali against the part d immediately above such aperture while rolling past thc aperture, while at the same time the ledges m, which are in height less than halt the diameter ofthe smallest coin named, prevent all the pieces ot' money from escaping from the coin-track until each piece has reached its properaperture through which to escape.

t, What I clai m as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent ot' the United States, is-

1. The eoin-track l), having an'inelined side, fl', provided with a series ot' oblong apertures which are ot' a length greater and ot' a width less than the dian'ieter of the coin intended to be passed through them, a ledge, m, beneath said apertures, a gutter, di', and inclined side d2, substantially as and tor the purpose described.

2. The combination ot' the drawer C with a coin-track having a gutter, d, ledge m, partition-plates i', and chutes g, substantially as and tor the purpose described.

Signed in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES MON IUE QUINN.

Witnesses DAN CARPENTER, J. M. BARNES. 

